French Ship Faucon
Several ships of the French navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in th ... have borne the name ''Faucon'': * ''Faucon'' (1638), broken up in 1661 * ''Faucon'' (1674), broken up in 1708 * ''Faucon'' (1728), a brig * ''Faucon'' (1759), a cutter * (1887), a destroyer, withdrawn from service 1920 See also * Faucon (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Faucon, French Ship French Navy ship names ...
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French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in the world, ranking seventh in combined fleet tonnage and fifth in number of naval vessels. The French Navy is one of eight naval forces currently operating fixed-wing aircraft carriers,Along with the U.S., U.K., China, Russia, Italy, India and Spain with its flagship being the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier outside the United States Navy, and one of two non-American vessels to use catapults to launch aircraft. Founded in the 17th century, the French Navy is one of the oldest navies still in continual service, with precursors dating back to the Middle Ages. It has taken part in key events in French history, including the Napoleonic Wars and both world wars, and played a critical role in establishing and securing the French ...
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Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in 1885 by Fernando Villaamil for the Spanish NavySmith, Charles Edgar: ''A short history of naval and marine engineering.'' Babcock & Wilcox, ltd. at the University Press, 1937, page 263 as a defense against torpedo boats, and by the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, these "torpedo boat destroyers" (TBDs) were "large, swift, and powerfully armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats". Although the term "destroyer" had been used interchangeably with "TBD" and "torpedo boat destroyer" by navies since 1892, the term "torpedo boat destroyer" had been generally shortened to simply "destroyer" by nearly all navies by the First World War. Before World War II, destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unat ...
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Faucon (other)
Faucon (french: Falcon) may refer to: French communes * Faucon, Vaucluse * Faucon-de-Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence * Faucon-du-Caire, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence * Aunou-le-Faucon, Orne * Saint-Julien-le-Faucon, Calvados * Villers-Faucon, Somme Other * Bernard Faucon (born 1950), French photographer and writer * Philippe Faucon (born 1958), French film director, screenwriter and producer * ''Le Faucon'' (film), a 1983 film by Tunisian director Paul Boujenah * ''Le faucon'' (opera), a 1786 opera by the Russian composer Dmitry Bortniansky * French ship ''Faucon'' * ''Faucon'', a French ship which sank off Formentera Formentera (, ) is the smallest and most southerly island of the Pityusic Islands group (comprising Ibiza and Formentera, as well as various small islets), which belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community (Spain). It covers an area ...